Sick Enough to Care

[Verse] In a small town by the river's bend, Where the willow trees and gossip never end, I got a hunger deep, a fire in my soul, I'm chasing something, but it's taking its toll. [Verse 2] The mirror shows a shadow of who I used to be, But I just can't find the way to break free, They say that pain's a fashion, that it's all the rage, I fear I've lost myself in this lonely cage. [Chorus] I'm not sick enough, not skinny enough, Dreamin' of a world where they'd call my bluff, Want 'em to care when they see through the glass, But all they do is stare as I fade to the past. [Verse 3] My mama told me life ain't a fairytale, But here I am, just a ship with a broken sail, Hoping someone notices the scars I hide, Each rib a story of the tears I've cried. [Bridge] In the circle of gypsy life, the dance spins on, But I keep missin' steps to the same old song, If only they could see the wounds in my heart, Maybe then they'd know how I fell apart. [Verse 4] Skin and bones, just a whisper in the night, Wish they'd see me if only out of fright, Wrapped up tight in a self-spun web, I need their eyes to pull me from the ebb.